During the Dragon Boat Festival this year, Yue Jiuyue and Liu Shi were busy harvesting wheat, so neither of them thought about going back to their parents' home. Later, they were busy building walls and digging wells, so the time was delayed again and again, and before they knew it, it was June.
The weeds in the field were too dry to grow, and there was no water to irrigate them. They were completely idle. With nothing to do, they suddenly remembered that they hadn't gone back to their parents' home for the Dragon Boat Festival. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law discussed it and decided to go back to their parents' home.
To be precise, it was Liu who first came up with the idea, and then suggested to Yue Jiuyue that she wanted to go back to her parents' home to visit, and also persuaded Yue Jiuyue to go back to her parents' home as well.
No matter how bad their parents are, they are still their own parents. In this day and age where filial piety is paramount, even Yue Jiuyue cannot act willfully, lest she bring a bad reputation to her family and affect her descendants.
Yue Jiuyue didn't want to cause trouble for others because of her, so she had no choice but to listen to Liu Shi and go back to her parents' home.
Early in the morning, Liu started packing. The gifts that she and her daughter-in-law brought back to their parents' home were exactly the same: two catties of unhulled wheat each. After thinking for a moment, Liu took four salted eggs that had been pickled for the longest time from the pickle jar, boiled them, and gave two to each of them.
After breakfast, Lin Chaodong took his wife and daughter to his father-in-law's house, while Yue Jiuyue lingered at home for a long time before finally leaving.
Thinking of the original owner's mother, younger brother, and sister-in-law, Yue Jiuyue didn't want to move an inch.
However, in order not to cause trouble for anyone in the family, Yue Jiuyue could only make things difficult for herself.
"Let's go."
Yue Jiuyue left the yard listlessly, watching Lin Chaonan lock the yard gate and then the main gate of the wall. She then took the small cloth bag from Lin Chaobei, while that shameless Lin Chaobei sidled up to Yue Jiuyue and started chattering away, seemingly catching up on gossip from who-knows-where.
"Mom, I heard that the old lady in our village who loves to talk nonsense the most, she accidentally fell into the latrine when she went to the outhouse in the middle of the night a while ago. It just so happens that the latrine was cleaned not long ago, otherwise, that old lady would probably be the first person to fall into the latrine and drown."
"I heard that the dowry for daughters getting married in the neighboring Xishan Village has increased again this year. The highest dowry was two hundred taels of silver. It is said that she is going to marry into someone's family in the county town as a concubine."
Moreover, it's incredibly easy for them to find wives in their village. Many families don't even ask for a dowry; they just want to marry their daughters into Xishan Village. I heard that the village chief and clan head don't only have one wife; just like city people, they all have concubines!
"Mother, I heard..."
Listening to Lin Chaobei's endless gossip, the journey wasn't boring at all. Although Yue Jiuyue found it quite entertaining, she still reminded Lin Chaobei to be mindful of his image.
"You're a grown man after all. When you're out in public, you can't be as gossipy as an old woman. Some things are fine to say at home, but don't gossip about them outside. Do more, observe more, and talk less!"
“Mother, I know. I just wanted to tell you, but I didn’t even tell my eldest and third brothers.”
Lin Chaobei assured.
Lin Chaonan: ???
So, will he have to pretend he can't hear it from now on?
"Yes, you're an adult now, so you should act like one and be more mature. Only then will your daughter's parents feel at ease marrying their precious daughter to you."
Oh! Please forgive her! She accidentally started pressuring him to get married!
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